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, we've seen overflights of arms over iraq to syria. the russians have not only been neutral, they they have been he. they have a port, for some reason, i'm not sure why, place such great importance on their window on the mediterranean. and i've not seen any situation where vladimir putin has been of assistance to us. we pass add bill today with the reversal of an amendment that puts penalties and severe spents on people who abuse human rights in russia and vladimir is not going to be happy will this legislation. >> i noticed back in july you warned everybody that this would happen. you called our foreign policy feckless. will the world had blood on its hands, everybody, if he unleashes the chemical weapons and we see tens of thousands of people dead or is this something we just can't police the world and we are going to have to stand by and watch this. >> i think we would be directly responsible. all of those who argued against intervention warned us that if we intervene, these terrible things would happen, well, we didn't intervene, a
, we've seen overflights of arms over iraq to syria. the russians have not only been neutral, they they have been he. they have a port, for some reason, i'm not sure why, place such great importance on their window on the mediterranean. and i've not seen any situation where vladimir putin has been of assistance to us. we pass add bill today with the reversal of an amendment that puts penalties and severe spents on people who abuse human rights in russia and vladimir is not going to be happy...
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if you have the initiative to buy a plane ticket and go to libya, syria, and start reporting on the war, within a year, you can be an established war reporter and that is a wonderful thing about journalism, but also extremely dangerous. >> tell me about your personal experience. obviously part of the reason you wrote this book was because of your friend. you also wrote it based on an experience you had when there was a moment you were in a war zone and realized it could be me. >> i was in sierra leone, at a rebel check point. these guys stepped out of the jungle with machine guns and basically threatened to kill everybody. they obviously didn't. i spent about 15 minutes trying to get myself ready for that and obviously, it was a 15 minutes i thought i was going to be executed and it was a 15 minutes that really changed me and so, i wrote about that in the article for "vanity fair", but then later, i thought wouldn't it be interesting if we ratcheted it up a bit fictionally to figure out what happens in a situation like that, like they do start killing people. how do you react? >> it's i
if you have the initiative to buy a plane ticket and go to libya, syria, and start reporting on the war, within a year, you can be an established war reporter and that is a wonderful thing about journalism, but also extremely dangerous. >> tell me about your personal experience. obviously part of the reason you wrote this book was because of your friend. you also wrote it based on an experience you had when there was a moment you were in a war zone and realized it could be me. >> i...
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atrocities mounted in syria. afghani troops are woefully unprepared. national security experts clifford may and frank gaffney to assess the obama foreign-policy next. ♪ the boys use capital one venture miles for their annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their ddy got sacked by blackouts. but it's our tradition! that's roughing the card holder. but with the capital one venture card you get double miles you can actually use. [ cheering ] any flight, anytime. the scoreboard doesn't lie. what's in your wallet? hut! i have me on my fantasy team. at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you havquestis about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide you along, answer any queions and offer advice. with an "a" rating from the better business bureau legalzoom helps you get personalized and affordable legal protection. in most states, a legal plan attorney i
atrocities mounted in syria. afghani troops are woefully unprepared. national security experts clifford may and frank gaffney to assess the obama foreign-policy next. ♪ the boys use capital one venture miles for their annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their ddy got sacked by blackouts. but it's our tradition! that's roughing the card holder. but with the capital one venture card you get double miles you can actually use. [ cheering ] any flight,...
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later, a look at developments in syria and the response from the international community. "washington journal" here on c- span. this week, we will have the vermont governor and new chairman of the democratic governors' association, who will talk about the fiscal cliff and laying the groundwork for the 2013 and 2014 elections. lives on sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. next, a quick look at president obama and the first family last week at the national christmas tree lighting ceremony. ♪ [applause] >> merry christmas, everybody! >> it is great to see you all. happy holidays. happy holidays, mr. president. >> is it time? i think it's time. i hope everybody is ready. we have to do the countdown. starting with five. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [cheers] ♪ >> merry christmas, everybody. ♪ >> please welcome the director of washington and st. john's church. >> let us about our heads in prayer. let us prey. gracious god who has blessed us with this good land for our heritage, we humbly pray that we may always prove ourselves to be a people mindful of your favre and glad to do your will. we pr
later, a look at developments in syria and the response from the international community. "washington journal" here on c- span. this week, we will have the vermont governor and new chairman of the democratic governors' association, who will talk about the fiscal cliff and laying the groundwork for the 2013 and 2014 elections. lives on sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. next, a quick look at president obama and the first family last week at the national christmas tree lighting ceremony. ♪...
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>> flash point, syria. has assad backed off his chemical weapons threat? >> we haven't seen anything new for aggressive steps to move forward in that way. >> and hair envy. what will harry reid miss most about retired senator ben nelson? >> he had a lot of real hair. it's often that people call his office -- they believe he has a toupe. it's his hair. he will pull it for every time just to show you that it's real. i mean, he has hair like a 15-year-old, mr. president, and so i have to acknowledge i am a little envious of his hair. ♪ i want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy ♪ >> you wonder why we don't have a budget deal yet. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington, and first it was ohio. then, indiana i understand and wisconsin. now the labor mooumt is fighting for its rights in lansing, michigan. out in the cold voicing outrage on the steps of the statehouse over right to work legislation that governor rick snyder says he will be signing when it reaches his desk likely tomorrow. joining me now nbc's ron mott live in lansing. ron, what is the la
>> flash point, syria. has assad backed off his chemical weapons threat? >> we haven't seen anything new for aggressive steps to move forward in that way. >> and hair envy. what will harry reid miss most about retired senator ben nelson? >> he had a lot of real hair. it's often that people call his office -- they believe he has a toupe. it's his hair. he will pull it for every time just to show you that it's real. i mean, he has hair like a 15-year-old, mr. president,...
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. ♪ lou: defense secretary leon panetta says syria has gotten the message to back off the possible use of chemical weapons, but the obama mideast policy is evolving quickly. national security experts joining us to give us their action here in just moments. first, and tonight's "moneyline," the dow jones industrial wenner, the fifth straight for the dow over the past five days, the longest winning streak since back in mid march. a7-day run. news of possible movements in the fiscal put negotiations can read life into the markets tomorrow. fox news confirming president obama and the house speaker did talk on the phone today and traded proposals. advisers to the presidency the two sides are making progress. as with a market, stocks finied well off of flies, but still up solidly. the dow up 79 points, s&p nine, nasdaq 35. all three indexes moving above their 50 day moving averages for the first time in three months. volume picking up on the big board. three and a half billion shares traded. technology, the principal driver in the market. microsoft up on news it is upn production of its surf
. ♪ lou: defense secretary leon panetta says syria has gotten the message to back off the possible use of chemical weapons, but the obama mideast policy is evolving quickly. national security experts joining us to give us their action here in just moments. first, and tonight's "moneyline," the dow jones industrial wenner, the fifth straight for the dow over the past five days, the longest winning streak since back in mid march. a7-day run. news of possible movements in the fiscal...
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i don't think anyone in syria believes it. there's zero chance that the united states is doipg anything like this. it's always clear it's a reaction to president obama's very tough warning to the syrians. that they shouldn't even think about using chemical weapons. >> i'm curious only because there is this report now that united states is employed military contractors on the ground. i think in turkey and jordan, but also inside syria, to help opposition members. should they get their hands on some of these chemical weapons to a, secure them, and b, protect them and c, to do whatever else with them. could that be the catalyst for what syrians are saying and might there be a monocal of truth to their concern if we are in there trying to make sure those chemical weapons do or don't go where they're supposed? >> i think that's possible, but i would guess that it would be very difficult for the opposition forces to get to the chemical weapons. these are held by the most elite of the elite in the syrian army. the army still remains
i don't think anyone in syria believes it. there's zero chance that the united states is doipg anything like this. it's always clear it's a reaction to president obama's very tough warning to the syrians. that they shouldn't even think about using chemical weapons. >> i'm curious only because there is this report now that united states is employed military contractors on the ground. i think in turkey and jordan, but also inside syria, to help opposition members. should they get their...
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in the middle east the situation in syria turns from serious to scary. concerns over chemical weapons has secretary clinton conferring with her russian counterpart today to try to avoid deadly developments. >>> an nbc news exclusive, afghanistan's president hamid karzai talks about his country's future and ongoing insecurity and blames the taliban of course. guess who else? nato and the united states. good morning from washington. it's thursday, december 6th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. let's get right to my first reads of the morning. today's fiscal cliff photo op of the day is going to be in suburban northern virginia when the president will remind the public yet again that without a budget deal taxes will go up on 100% of americans at the end of the year. he'll visit the home of a middle class family who shared their story through the white house's hash tag my 2k social media campaign. >>> with talks and a public stalemate on wednesday the president called speaker boehner their first conversation of the week. the two sides agree
in the middle east the situation in syria turns from serious to scary. concerns over chemical weapons has secretary clinton conferring with her russian counterpart today to try to avoid deadly developments. >>> an nbc news exclusive, afghanistan's president hamid karzai talks about his country's future and ongoing insecurity and blames the taliban of course. guess who else? nato and the united states. good morning from washington. it's thursday, december 6th, 2012. this is "the...
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his big concern is syria. he is worried the fall of assad will embolden sunnis and kurds in syrian and iraq and that the correlation of forces will turn against him. that is his big preoccupation. floridat's go to, from on the independent line. caller: i am from sanibel island. president bush initially promised the iraqi oil would eventually pay back the united states for the war of liberation for iraq. that has never happened. no one speaks of it in the media. no one speaks of it in the government. it is my understanding no american company has any role in the rehabilitation of the iraqi oil fields or sharing of profits. do you have any comment about what? guest: i do not recall any understanding iraq would compensate the united states for the cost of the war. in the current climate, that will not happen. i am not an expert on the oil area. there are multinational companies in iraq. exxon mobil just made a deal with kurdistan to explore a number of oil fields. i think the reason these companies do not go in i
his big concern is syria. he is worried the fall of assad will embolden sunnis and kurds in syrian and iraq and that the correlation of forces will turn against him. that is his big preoccupation. floridat's go to, from on the independent line. caller: i am from sanibel island. president bush initially promised the iraqi oil would eventually pay back the united states for the war of liberation for iraq. that has never happened. no one speaks of it in the media. no one speaks of it in the...
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will syria use chemical weapons? the clock is running on this. ambassador john bolton addresses that. and the latest state to make a major challenge over unions. martha and i will see new ten minutes. busy friday morning. see you at the top of the hour [ roasting firewood ] ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. sven gets great rewards for his small business! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purche, everday! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great sinesses deserve great rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your invoice. ♪ ♪ . >> gretchen: madonna is doing it, the cast of "glee" is going to do it and countless other celebriti
will syria use chemical weapons? the clock is running on this. ambassador john bolton addresses that. and the latest state to make a major challenge over unions. martha and i will see new ten minutes. busy friday morning. see you at the top of the hour [ roasting firewood ] ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. sven gets great rewards for his small business! how does this...
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they have a naval facility in syria, and they will lose if they lose him. the deputy foreign minister said that it is a dark future and their thinking of evaluating russians who live in syria. the thing is that everybody can see that the rebels are gaining and holding their ground. the worst thing i've read is the russians think -- it imports into four countries, because it is so ethnically rifted -- the somalia and the yugoslavia of the middle east, and that would be a catastrophe. >> be careful what you wish for? >> yeah. the group that has been the most organized militarily has been allocated in the middle east -- al qaeda in the middle east. it will be the most powerful people if they fall -- >> that would be a failure of our policy. >> who gets the sarin gas? al qaeda. >> michigan is now the right to work state. >> this will attract more businesses to michigan. those businesses will need space. >> the owner of a michigan construction co., preceded by a union member who works at a general motors plant. michigan gov. rick sanders signed legislation -- ri
they have a naval facility in syria, and they will lose if they lose him. the deputy foreign minister said that it is a dark future and their thinking of evaluating russians who live in syria. the thing is that everybody can see that the rebels are gaining and holding their ground. the worst thing i've read is the russians think -- it imports into four countries, because it is so ethnically rifted -- the somalia and the yugoslavia of the middle east, and that would be a catastrophe. >> be...
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boat, but he told syria, don't use chemical, biological weapons against your own people. if you do you cross the red line. i support the president in that. republicans will support the president in that. america will support it. i wish he had gone the next sentence, to let them know what happens when they cross the red line. he told them once before, don't cross the red line and they've already crossed that and so we moved the red line. i think you have to be resolute and consistent, and when you tell people, don't do something you ought to tell them what the consequences will be. i wish we had done that. but we are behind him in helping the syrian people. bill: back in egypt, though i think the third issue to be discussed always is what does the army do? do they follow orders from the new president, or do they buck the orders? what is the answer? >> the egyptian military for years has worked with our military. many of them have been trained, they understand the difference between military rule and civilian rule. they don't step in -- they've tried to stay out of this whe
boat, but he told syria, don't use chemical, biological weapons against your own people. if you do you cross the red line. i support the president in that. republicans will support the president in that. america will support it. i wish he had gone the next sentence, to let them know what happens when they cross the red line. he told them once before, don't cross the red line and they've already crossed that and so we moved the red line. i think you have to be resolute and consistent, and when...
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involvement in syria beyond enforcing a no-fly zone above that the u.s. response to those conditions? >> well, as you know, the effort has been an international effort to bring as much pressure on syria to get aside to step down. our primary effort is dedicated three areas. number one, try to provide obviously humanitarian with these to the large number of refugees in turkey and jordan and we are doing that. we are providing significant humanitarian relief to try to assist those who have tried to escape the terrible tragedy in syria. secondly, to try to maintain control of the cbw sites and monitor those sites to ensure they do not fall into the wrong hands. so working with other countries in the region, we are making an effort to monitor that situation and to ensure that that does not happen. as a result of that monitoring that we were able to issue a very clear warning to syria not to take the step to make use of any of the cbw or there'll be serious consequences and they still stand by that statement. thirdly, we are helping the opposition. we're not p
involvement in syria beyond enforcing a no-fly zone above that the u.s. response to those conditions? >> well, as you know, the effort has been an international effort to bring as much pressure on syria to get aside to step down. our primary effort is dedicated three areas. number one, try to provide obviously humanitarian with these to the large number of refugees in turkey and jordan and we are doing that. we are providing significant humanitarian relief to try to assist those who have...
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the focus of the trip is the crisis in syria. and the obama administration has granted one group affiliated with the rebels a terrorist organization that has alleged ties to al qaeda. any assets in the u.s. are frozen, and americans are barred from doing business with it. >>> the body of the navy s.e.a.l. killed during a mission to rescue an american doctor from the taliban is on its way home. the family of dr. dilip joseph released a statement praising the s.e.a.l.'s hero im. he was part of seal team six, the unit that killed osama bin laden. it remain unclear if he was on that mission. david martin reports. >> reporter: the pentagon identified the navy s.e.a.l. killed as 28-year-old petty officer first class nicolas checque. part of a high-risk operation to rescue american dilip joseph before his taliban captors got him across the border into pakistan where u.s. forces cannot go. joseph, a medical adviser to the private aid organization morningstar development, had been kidnapped on wednesday along with two afghan staff members
the focus of the trip is the crisis in syria. and the obama administration has granted one group affiliated with the rebels a terrorist organization that has alleged ties to al qaeda. any assets in the u.s. are frozen, and americans are barred from doing business with it. >>> the body of the navy s.e.a.l. killed during a mission to rescue an american doctor from the taliban is on its way home. the family of dr. dilip joseph released a statement praising the s.e.a.l.'s hero im. he was...
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and if they plunge us into syria and iran, if the congress pushes us that way, we're going to be looking at a $5 trillion bill. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, thanks for coming in tonight. >>> good evening. i'm ezra klein. rachel maddow has the night off. we begin tonight with an update on the breaking news in the pacific northwest, the terrifying scene that unfolded earlier tonight at a shopping mall in portland, oregon. a gunman with what witnesses describe as a rifle opening fire on holiday shoppers. two people were killed. the shooter also killed, and one person has been seriously injured according to the sheriff's department. an eyewitness who had been browsing the watch counter inside macy's described the scene to our portland, oregon affiliate kgw tv. >> constant boom, boom, boom, boom,boom, boom, boom, boom. it wasn't just a couple of shots. whatever the shooter was shooting at, they continued to shoot. an employee of the store actually saw a masked gunman come in. and as fast as she got the call to security, the gunshots started. so i and others just hit -- you know, got behind
and if they plunge us into syria and iran, if the congress pushes us that way, we're going to be looking at a $5 trillion bill. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, thanks for coming in tonight. >>> good evening. i'm ezra klein. rachel maddow has the night off. we begin tonight with an update on the breaking news in the pacific northwest, the terrifying scene that unfolded earlier tonight at a shopping mall in portland, oregon. a gunman with what witnesses describe as a rifle opening...
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so the idea that we could prevent arms flows from iran into syria by our presence in iraq is ludicrous. >> what do you think of his criticism of president obama? >> i think his criticism of the president is like you said, he likes to lie. this man really likes to lie. this is a man, who after all, we have a 6,000 page select intelligence report right now on torture and enhanced interrogation techniques. this is a man who lied to the american people about the effectiveness of torture. this 6,000 page report is going to debunk that. and i know every expert i've talked to in the fbi, and in the cia, glenn carl for example told me none of this torture worked. none of this enhanced interrogation worked. it did not, as cheney has alleged, lead to the killing of bin laden. it was counterproductive. it was damaging to our reputation and he's still lying about it. >> we haven't heard the last of that, have we? >> no, we haven't. >> how aggressive do you think lawmakers ought to be with that report? >> i think it ought to be at least portions of it, just like i thought the 9/11 commission portio
so the idea that we could prevent arms flows from iran into syria by our presence in iraq is ludicrous. >> what do you think of his criticism of president obama? >> i think his criticism of the president is like you said, he likes to lie. this man really likes to lie. this is a man, who after all, we have a 6,000 page select intelligence report right now on torture and enhanced interrogation techniques. this is a man who lied to the american people about the effectiveness of...
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christmas did not bring peace to syria. death toll rises each day with the estimates as high as 4,000 lives lost. president bashar assad struggled to hold on to power, the regime is still dealing with a major defection by a top general. leland vittert has the developments. >> reporter: continues to use helicopter and fighter jets at will. rebels now have the momentum. the amateur video confirmed shows the rebels fighting for back of the pickup trucks and turned in to machine gun carriers and they tighten it on the base. the less equip rebels fighting for whatever fire power they can find or build. this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control.
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that's why they're in syria. megyn: this reporting, i should tell viewers we were sending arms to saudi arabia and qatar and other countries going into the hands of the bad guys, of the al qaeda related groups, that comes from "the new york times" which has done a couple of in depth articles on this, that go directly against what the president and the vice president said at the presidential debates. this has been very undercovered, the fact that our allies, you know, that we, via the allies are shipping arms to the bad guys, we don't want them to have these weapons but they're getting them. so now the president comes out and says, clearly, we don't support them. we don't want them to have the arms. we want the other guys, the guys we perceive as the good guys to wind up victorious in this battle. now the president speaks out to it personally and what currency does that add? does it help the good guys, the ones we believe are good in any real way in syria? >> words don't kill people. arms do. and obama firing all
that's why they're in syria. megyn: this reporting, i should tell viewers we were sending arms to saudi arabia and qatar and other countries going into the hands of the bad guys, of the al qaeda related groups, that comes from "the new york times" which has done a couple of in depth articles on this, that go directly against what the president and the vice president said at the presidential debates. this has been very undercovered, the fact that our allies, you know, that we, via the...
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christmas did not bring peace to syria. death toll rises each day with the estimates as high as 4,000 lives lost. president bashar assad struggled to hold on to power, the regime is still dealing with a major defection by a top general. leland vittert has the developments. >> reporter: continues to use helicopter and fighter jets at will. rebels now have the momentum. the amateur video confirmed shows the rebels fighting for back of the pickup trucks and turned in to machine gun carriers and they tighten it on the base. the less equip rebels fighting for whatever fire power they can find or build. this is a school that has been taken over by the assad thugs explained this rebel. before launching a homemade rocket from nearby building. other videos from around the country show free syrian army fighters using the same crude weapon. however, turning citizens to seasonals with little or no training doesn't always work. they have many armor in the rebels stronghold. but the force appears to be waning as the rebels gape control.
christmas did not bring peace to syria. death toll rises each day with the estimates as high as 4,000 lives lost. president bashar assad struggled to hold on to power, the regime is still dealing with a major defection by a top general. leland vittert has the developments. >> reporter: continues to use helicopter and fighter jets at will. rebels now have the momentum. the amateur video confirmed shows the rebels fighting for back of the pickup trucks and turned in to machine gun carriers...
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from syria then. apart. these two and in fact fight one another but at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide. from. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria within an increasingly fragmented opposition and say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands nonetheless person will be pushing ahead this week seeking an amendment. a number of syrian rebels have created a new unified military command to better coordinate the insurgency in syria but so far it's only cause even more division a spokesman from the free syrian army which was in attendance denounced the new authority as saturated by islamists and by one's control from outside syria meanwhile benevolence is mobilizing to page up missile batteries to send to turkey joining germany and american units there to guard a
from syria then. apart. these two and in fact fight one another but at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide. from. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria within an increasingly fragmented opposition and say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands...
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you have diplomatic talks going on with syria. it's the joint envoy to syria. every day the news is more horrific. each day in the last few days more than 100 people killed on each successive day including today. we hear from opposition activists and free syria army members they're gaining momentum and they're taking over more territory in and around the capital and in parts of the north of the country. it seems to suggest that assad is losing more grip on power. yet, the syrian regime maintains that are battling terrorists there. that they have the upper hand. that they will return stability to the country. what you hear on the ground there from the opposition activists is a very different picture and from the videos we've seen in the last two days and accounts we've heard, it seems that the rebels are gaining momentum in key areas of the country. suzanne. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> if you thought our political process has been painful, just imagine seven leaders in six years. that's right. japan has a new prime minister. he's facing some of t
you have diplomatic talks going on with syria. it's the joint envoy to syria. every day the news is more horrific. each day in the last few days more than 100 people killed on each successive day including today. we hear from opposition activists and free syria army members they're gaining momentum and they're taking over more territory in and around the capital and in parts of the north of the country. it seems to suggest that assad is losing more grip on power. yet, the syrian regime...
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and lebanon being between syria and israel, and of course syria itself being on the border of israel, lebanon, iraq, south of turkey, you're not going to be -- you cannot be the switzerland over the middle east. are going to have outside influences which usually exacerbate the situation and lengthen the time of the civil war. >> and so let's talk a little bit now, shifting the perspective, to the personal connections that you have to the house of assad. i would love for you to give us a good feel for, who is this man who is the president and how did he change over the time that you've known him? seems like there was a definitive time around 2005-2006 that you say he shifted. please walk us through that. >> again, i first started meeting with president bashar in 2004. i found him to be very welcoming, very unpretentious, self-depricating even, and i never saw him in the mold of a moammar gadhafi or saddam hussein. that's the group he is associated with these days and not a very good group to be associated with. and many people who have met all three -- i did not immediate gadhafi or sa
and lebanon being between syria and israel, and of course syria itself being on the border of israel, lebanon, iraq, south of turkey, you're not going to be -- you cannot be the switzerland over the middle east. are going to have outside influences which usually exacerbate the situation and lengthen the time of the civil war. >> and so let's talk a little bit now, shifting the perspective, to the personal connections that you have to the house of assad. i would love for you to give us a...
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. >> president obama this week warned the president of syria, bashar al-assad not to use syria's chemical weapons against his own people. rebel syrians are waging an offensive against other syrians, largely assad's government forces. unnamed u.s. officials say that syria has even gone so far as to load the precursor ingredients of sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into the aerial bombs. whether this activity is to protect the chemicals from advancing rebel forces, or for assad to actually use them against rebel forces, is not clear. as secretary of state hillary clinton points out. >> our concerns are that an increasingly desperate assad regime might turn to chemical weapons or might lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now operating within syria. >> syria automatically denies it intends to use chemical weapons against its its own peo whether rebel or nonrebel, quote. syria stresses again, for the 10th, the 100th time, that if we had such weapons, they would not be used against its people. we would people. whether suicide. we fear there is a conspiracy to provide a pretext for
. >> president obama this week warned the president of syria, bashar al-assad not to use syria's chemical weapons against his own people. rebel syrians are waging an offensive against other syrians, largely assad's government forces. unnamed u.s. officials say that syria has even gone so far as to load the precursor ingredients of sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into the aerial bombs. whether this activity is to protect the chemicals from advancing rebel forces, or for assad to actually use...
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from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> today, new york city mayor bloomberg announced a plan top protect the city from future natural disasters but he said there were no magic bullets, you don't have to be a believer in climate change to understand the ding dangers from extreme weather are already here after sandy, after katrina, after record droughts in the midwest, why aren't we seeing more meaningful action from congress on climate change? well, i got four words for you: charles & david koch conservative brothers with combined net worth of $80,000,000,000, $80,000,000,000 have spent a fortunate to kill climate legislation. they have also funded clima
from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> today,...
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fighting still continues on the ground inside of syria. the army, although it has gotten battered in recent battles over the past couple weeks is now fighting back mostly with artillery and also their air force. the rebels succeeded in pushing the army out of a lot of cities however that just means the army goes in with their artillery, their air force and destroys with whatever they can. the rebels for their part still badly outgunned are doing better, they are becoming more organized. they're getting weapons from qatar and other gulf countries to keep the pressure up on president assad. actions speak a whole lot louder than words here in the middle east. and one of syria's only allies, russia, has stood behind them at least in the diplomatic speak but we just learned russia is sending warships to off the syrian coast there in the mediterranean sea potentially to evacuate russian civilians if things continue to deteriorate inside syria. which does tell you, jenna, people inside syria and also inside the russian government are making at le
fighting still continues on the ground inside of syria. the army, although it has gotten battered in recent battles over the past couple weeks is now fighting back mostly with artillery and also their air force. the rebels succeeded in pushing the army out of a lot of cities however that just means the army goes in with their artillery, their air force and destroys with whatever they can. the rebels for their part still badly outgunned are doing better, they are becoming more organized. they're...
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overseas, the headline in the new york times -- " so that latest on syria. in afghanistan, the pentagon has tracked a slight rise in afghan attacks. we showed you a report yesterday in "usa today" that deaths in afghanistan have gone down. we have about a minute left here. let me just read another tweet -- let me give you the latest headlines on health care. here's u.s. news section of the wall street journal. then yesterday, six states were approved by the centers for medicaid and medicare services on track under federal guidelines to operate in an exchange during open enrollment next october apparen. up next, we are going to turn our attention to the fiscal cliff with jim doyle and get a business perspective on that. later on, looking at the different aspects of the fiscal cliff talks. a closer look at domestic spending. we will be right back. >> ♪ [video clip] >> give it to him hard. >> he is not safe on that bus. >> i've been on that bus. they are just as good as gold. >> all of us in this country are starting to see people coming out and talking about
overseas, the headline in the new york times -- " so that latest on syria. in afghanistan, the pentagon has tracked a slight rise in afghan attacks. we showed you a report yesterday in "usa today" that deaths in afghanistan have gone down. we have about a minute left here. let me just read another tweet -- let me give you the latest headlines on health care. here's u.s. news section of the wall street journal. then yesterday, six states were approved by the centers for medicaid...
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ethnic and confessional sic their income position of syria is so complex that if. the campus is established there it was very great all over the region but coming back to the present situation if people who say no negotiations with us that if they believe that. he's departure in whatever form is number one priority then they must understand that for this geopolitical goal of theirs they would have to pay the price but the price in the lives of the serious of the syrian civilians nato is the claimant of patrick miss out on turkish syrian border is that part of solution and where they really targeted that we recognize the right for think about its own security and the right of turkey to use for this purpose the international arrangements which turkey has in that particular case nato membership. and we accepted this as a given. on the other hand the more military to be or you accumulate in one place. the more risk you have that this one day would be used . as for the. purpose of this deployment yes i read here that some experts believe that if it is intended to preven
ethnic and confessional sic their income position of syria is so complex that if. the campus is established there it was very great all over the region but coming back to the present situation if people who say no negotiations with us that if they believe that. he's departure in whatever form is number one priority then they must understand that for this geopolitical goal of theirs they would have to pay the price but the price in the lives of the serious of the syrian civilians nato is the...
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. >> in other news from syria, reports have emerged that the young syrian filmmaker was killed on monday in the city of hams. he appeared on the show in december. at the time be as that we only use his first bid for security reasons. >> what i saw in the last week, it is starting to turn into almost a civil war. they are enforcing the locals to form an armed resistance to the regime forces. >> for more we go to charles glass, award winning broadcaster. he returned from syria last month. >> these massacres are a clear indication of how urgent it is to find -- to force both sides in the conflict, the opposition and regime, to negotiate a settlement, which would ultimately mean a change in regime, but certainly a transition period in an absence of that, you have the russian army government, the saudis, the guitarist, the that states, turkey, farming the opposition, which will only inflame the civil war. more massacres will then take place. >> we continue with our look back at 2012. to get a copy of today's show, go to our website, democracynow.org. >> "at last" by the legendary blues singer
. >> in other news from syria, reports have emerged that the young syrian filmmaker was killed on monday in the city of hams. he appeared on the show in december. at the time be as that we only use his first bid for security reasons. >> what i saw in the last week, it is starting to turn into almost a civil war. they are enforcing the locals to form an armed resistance to the regime forces. >> for more we go to charles glass, award winning broadcaster. he returned from syria...
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pope also asked for a solution to the arab/israeli conflict of interest and an end to the civil war in syria. for many tourists, spending christmas here in vatican city and hearing pope benedict speak is a once in a lifetime experience. >> amazing to see so many people here. probably of all faiths. and just wonderful to be a part of it. it's bigger than we are. >> it's something that encourages me to believe even more. >> reporter: before the mass, the pope lit a peace candle outside his window as a larger than life nativity scene was unveiled in st. peter's square below. the traditional midnight mass was moved up to 10:00 years ago to let the pontiff rest before his important christmas day speech. cbs news, the vatican. >>> president obama is in hawaii for christmas. the president is expected to spend a quiet day with his family. with the president and congress on a short holiday break, there's been no movement on fiscal cliff negotiations. before he left washington, the president said he believes a deal could be made before the december 31 deadline. >>> u.s. troops celebrated their 12th co
pope also asked for a solution to the arab/israeli conflict of interest and an end to the civil war in syria. for many tourists, spending christmas here in vatican city and hearing pope benedict speak is a once in a lifetime experience. >> amazing to see so many people here. probably of all faiths. and just wonderful to be a part of it. it's bigger than we are. >> it's something that encourages me to believe even more. >> reporter: before the mass, the pope lit a peace candle...
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britain sets out to alter down the use ohms of bombing against syria saying it wants to pump more military hardware into the vaults or make sure. also a new arab spring revolution could be a ripening in the gulf and numerous opposition groups unite in kuwait drinking beer and dennis says i am based response and i've been the more intense street protests . on the british royal couple's drive expecting their first baby was mauled by a shocking nurse inside forming a radio prank call that i give public jumping down on the media's. russia under around the world this is with me viewed as a hello and welcome to the program and a tough standoff between egypt's leader mohamed morsi under thousand strong army of his opponents it looks like the president could throw in the towel finest most his aides claim there's a high chance one of the key opposition demands will be met that being a delay to an approaching referendum on a controversial islamic led constitution cairo based reporter belcher was at the presidential palace where scores protested of a night as you can probably see behind me there are
britain sets out to alter down the use ohms of bombing against syria saying it wants to pump more military hardware into the vaults or make sure. also a new arab spring revolution could be a ripening in the gulf and numerous opposition groups unite in kuwait drinking beer and dennis says i am based response and i've been the more intense street protests . on the british royal couple's drive expecting their first baby was mauled by a shocking nurse inside forming a radio prank call that i give...
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nothing to do with syria, yemen ebipt and this is a mess and so is our policy. >> you are right. but we want to be careful by not ailnating the military. >> do we know, ebipt was a secularist. now, the question here is, is it going to become a sharia. is the brotherhood going to get this power. >> that is the biggest concern. we'll see how that goes on sunday. it would be a shame if egypt was less throw. >> why don't we hold this aid back until talks can lay out and send the state department thing over. the secularists and reformers on the straight don't want to do anything. the f-16s are important. the mt. was an important processes. who is more important the egyptian military or morsey. >> right now i would say the investigate. the gents of the united states in the past has been the ngt. a lot of them were tained in the united states remember a lot of them have been pushed off. it is going to hurt the economy and the other thing about these transfers is that they may open up to iran. >> now folks it wasn't all toll licks today. more head lanes just this. [ male announcer ] at s
nothing to do with syria, yemen ebipt and this is a mess and so is our policy. >> you are right. but we want to be careful by not ailnating the military. >> do we know, ebipt was a secularist. now, the question here is, is it going to become a sharia. is the brotherhood going to get this power. >> that is the biggest concern. we'll see how that goes on sunday. it would be a shame if egypt was less throw. >> why don't we hold this aid back until talks can lay out and send...
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saying with syria now as our reporters who were on the ground throughout the year recalled the events that shaped the country in two thousand and twelve. it became very apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was out of what was happening in syria when you see some politicians that are in the media focusing just compared them to assad cracking down on his people you think but what about the other guy on top of the politics and diplomacy there are facts that are simply too important to ignore. i remember i was a training session of the syrian football team and the coach was very angry with how his players were practice and he was shouting he was swearing from time to time and then i move my head like this just like this and i saw two helicopters flying at the very low altitude and firing we were each out of the hotel restaurant close to us there was a group for rich syrians playing cards from smoke and living life as usual and just the news before that as me and my colleagues were live
saying with syria now as our reporters who were on the ground throughout the year recalled the events that shaped the country in two thousand and twelve. it became very apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was out of what was happening in syria when you see some politicians that are in the media focusing just compared them to assad cracking down on his people you think but what about the...
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and russia are trying to get on the same page regarding syria. top diplomats today announce another effort stopping the bloodshed and getting rid of bashar assad. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tonight from the pentagon on what happens if diplomacy fai fails. >> rebel forces close in on the airport, the planners expect fighting in syria to intensify. u.s. officials are pessimistic they can resol t syrian conflict diplomatically, but seem certain that assad is losing his grip on power. >> every syrian must be included this process for a new and better future. future cannot include assad. >> military in meantime is actively planning should vit to intervene to assure assad's chemical weapons. hundreds of u.s. and nato troops will soon be heading to the turkish border with syria to operate patriot missile defense batteries. this summer there was a task force in jordan after 150 u.s. special forces base north of the capital to work with the jordanians to secure an estimated 4 dozen chemical weapon sites. >> there will be consequences
and russia are trying to get on the same page regarding syria. top diplomats today announce another effort stopping the bloodshed and getting rid of bashar assad. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tonight from the pentagon on what happens if diplomacy fai fails. >> rebel forces close in on the airport, the planners expect fighting in syria to intensify. u.s. officials are pessimistic they can resol t syrian conflict diplomatically, but seem certain that assad is losing his...
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well of course the west's interest in the conflict in syria isn't guided by democracy all of lore. it's guided by west by geo strategic objectives if it was if it was if it was concerned by shimon rights and democracy and the west would not have such a close relationship ship to saudi arabia which arguably has the most repressive rigid system in the world but i think yes we should be on guard it could be a pretext that but the west issues in concert believe america to intervene in syria i still think western military intervention is only is probably not going to happen but we should be on guard of course they did it in kosovo where they claimed one hundred thousand cars and airplanes being diverted by certain forces that never happens they claimed in the run up to the invasion of iraq the reasons for going in iraq had weapons of mass destruction nothing was found intervene in libya colonel gadhafi forces we were told were going to slaughter. thousands and thousands of libyan civilians there was never any evidence for that so yes it could be a pretext but i think which is they'll be
well of course the west's interest in the conflict in syria isn't guided by democracy all of lore. it's guided by west by geo strategic objectives if it was if it was if it was concerned by shimon rights and democracy and the west would not have such a close relationship ship to saudi arabia which arguably has the most repressive rigid system in the world but i think yes we should be on guard it could be a pretext that but the west issues in concert believe america to intervene in syria i still...
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the series looking back at twenty twelve we focus on the year in syria what it's meant for its people and the president to fail to bring peace to the country that's all ahead. egypt's president of mercy has made an attempt to ease political tensions in the country calling on the opposition to engage in dialogue but his offer was met with skepticism since it came shortly after the launch of investigation into his three top opponents and chief prosecutor is citing allegations that opposition leaders including nobel prize winner mohamed el baradei incited their supporters to topple merci only this week it was announced the divisive new constitution was approved by over sixty percent of egyptians to stage a referendum that was initially claims that is in this draft document in shrines sharia law only got a yes votes because of fraud only a clerk a world affairs contributor for britain's guardian newspaper explain to us why mercy doesn't feel secure even after winning the referendum. i think he wants to sort of deflect attention from the economy because the underlying problem plate the big
the series looking back at twenty twelve we focus on the year in syria what it's meant for its people and the president to fail to bring peace to the country that's all ahead. egypt's president of mercy has made an attempt to ease political tensions in the country calling on the opposition to engage in dialogue but his offer was met with skepticism since it came shortly after the launch of investigation into his three top opponents and chief prosecutor is citing allegations that opposition...
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more than half a million people have fled syria in more than two years of fighting. there was a quick visit to the capital by brahimi. we met with assad but the outcome of the meeting remains unclear. >> yet another attempt by syria's envoy to find way to end the war. brahimi met assad in damascus. it is not clear if he has a concrete plan but brahimi is trying to get an agreement on a transitional government. >> i've met president assad and we ex-changed views on the next steps to be taken to move forward. we also discussed the steps that i see can be taken to help the people come out of this crisis. >> any political solution that would save the regime is unacceptable. the political solution that is acceptable puts an end to killing of syrians. any solution that does not begin with assad stepping down is rejected and we will oppose it. >> he has no intention of stepping down. but he reportedly told brahimi that he would be willing to cooperate to find solution, but if you ask the opposition, they believe it is the assad government, which has been weakened, it is the
more than half a million people have fled syria in more than two years of fighting. there was a quick visit to the capital by brahimi. we met with assad but the outcome of the meeting remains unclear. >> yet another attempt by syria's envoy to find way to end the war. brahimi met assad in damascus. it is not clear if he has a concrete plan but brahimi is trying to get an agreement on a transitional government. >> i've met president assad and we ex-changed views on the next steps to...